June 5 in history – Rome liberated, Kennedy shot, Tianenmen Square,

Allied troops liberated Rome on June 5, 1945.

US Senator, Robert F. Kennedy was shot on June 5, 1968 . He died the following day.

Eleven years later on this day, a man who became known as the Unkown Rebel stood in front of tanks, stopping their advance across Tiananmen Square in Beijing.